The independent resource on global security

Research

SIPRI looks at the most important symptoms of insecurity and efforts to control them.

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Recently updated Armament and disarmament projects

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SIPRI tracks arms production, international arms tranfers, arms embargoes and military spending.

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SIPRI promotes dual-use and arms trade controls through research, publications, seminars and capacity-building activities.

Museum of Science and Industry in Hiroshima, Japan on 6 August 1945

SIPRI seeks to contribute to the understanding of trends and developments pertaining to nuclear, chemical and biological weapons.

SIPRI looks at the most important consequences of insecurity and efforts to minimize them.

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Recently updated Conflict, peace and security projects

Indian Formed Police Unit participate in a medal parade, 2008.

SIPRI produces policy-relevant research on data and trends, future developments, and gender in peace operations and conflict management.

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SIPRI’s work in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) aims to provide in-depth analyses of the political, social, economic and environmental drivers of conflict and pathways to peace in the region with the purpose of informing actors involved in peacebuilding efforts.

Map of Europe

SIPRI analyses the state of European security and how it is changing.

SIPRI looks at the long-term causes of insecurity to understand how societies identify and navigate paths to sustainable peace.

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Recently updated Peace and development projects

Environment of Peace: Security in a new era of risk

The Environment of Peace initiative looks at how to secure peace in a new era of risk.

Plains in Kenya. Photo: Shutterstock

SIPRI looks at the effects of climate change on peace and security.

Governance and society

SIPRI focuses on systems of governance, their effects on local populations, and their relationship to the emergence of armed conflict or sustainable peace in a given setting.